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Thanks to virtual exposition "Felicitas Svejda: scientist and rosarian", you will discover the creator of the Explorer roses - including Rosa 'AC Marie-Victorin' - through her archives, correspondence, publications and library.

Felicitas Svejda's archives and personal library were donated to Montréal Botanical Garden Library in 2010, thanks to Claire Laberge, then horticulturist of the Rose Garden of the Botanical Garden. This virtual exhibitshowcases her work, while illustrating the process of rose hybridization and registration of new rose hybrids.